Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
news.mit.edu
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      TIL she was still alive.

      I forget that the Apollo missions ended while gen-x were just being born. It’s not so long ago!

      • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 hours ago

        History is often closer than you realize.

        Super Mario Brothers’ release was closer to World War 2 than to today.